Edward Sutton is a police detective on sick leave. His wife Rose is away, stuck in a snowstorm. Asides from the storm, the biggest news on TV and radio are a young woman’s disappearance from the neighbourhood; a suspected kidnapping. Edward hears screams and strange noises from under his apartment and goes down to the basement to investigate the disturbance. He finds alarming signs of a violent fight and notifies the police but finds he is not taken seriously – the communication with his wife breaks down and the landlord accuses him of disturbing the neighbours. Increasingly stressed Edward discovers that blood is dripping down to the basement from the floor of his own apartment…